Wilson's 14 Points; aims of participants & peacemakers
terms of the Paris Peace Treaties: Versailles, St. Germain, Trianon, Neuilly, Sevres/Lausanne
geopolitical and economic impact of treaties on Europe; mandate system
enforcement of the treaties: US Isolationism, retreat from Anglo-American Guarantee, Disarmament--Washington, London & Geneva Conferences
League of Nations: effects of absence of major powers; principles of collective security; early attempts at peacemaking (1920-1925)
Ruhr Crisis (1923); Locarno and Locarno Spring (1925)
Great Depression and threats to international peace & collective security; Manchuria (1931-33) & Abyssinia (1935-36)
PAPER 2
Topic 1: Causes, Practices, Effects of Wars
First World War
Second World War
Chinese Civil War (Asia Region)
Russian Civil War
Korean War (Asia Region)
Total War, Civil War & Limited War
Topic 3: Origins and development of authoritarian single-party states
Mao (Asia Region)
Hitler
Mussolini
Stalin
Khrushchev
Brezhnev
Gorbachev
conditions that produced these states
emergence of leaders: ideology, support, aims
totalitarianism: aim & extent to which it was achieved
form of govt. & ideology (left-wing & right-wing)
political, economic, social & religious policies
Topic 5: The Cold War
Wartime Conferences: Yalta & Potsdam
US policies & developments in Europe: Truman Doctrine, Marshall Plan, NATO
Sino-Soviet Relations
Berlin (1945-1961)
Korea
PAPER 3 Aspects of the History of Europe & Middle East
European Diplomacy and First World War 1870-1923
European diplomacy and changing balance of power after 1870
Aims, methods, continuity & change in German foreign policy to 1914; global colonial rivalry
relative importance of Alliance System; decline of Ottoman Empire; Austria-Hungary and Balkan nationalism; arms race; international crises
effects on civilian population; impact of war on women socially & politically
Factors leading to the defeat of Germany & Central Powers (A-H, Ottomans, Bulgaria); strategic errors; economic factors; entry & role of USA
post-war treaties & their territorial, political & economic effects on Europe
Interwar Years: Conflict and Cooperation 1919-39
Hitler's domestic & foreign policies
Mussolini's domestic & foreign policies
Great Depression: impact on one country (we did Italy)
search for collective security; appeasement; failure of international diplomacy; outbreak of war in 1939
The Soviet Union & Eastern Europe 1924-2000
Stalin (1924-53): struggle for power; collectivization & industrialization; Five Year Plans; cult of personality; purges; impact on society; foreign relations to 1941
Great Patriotic War: breakdown of wartime alliances; Cold War; policies towards Germany; Berlin; Eastern Europe satellite states; Warsaw Pact
Khrushchev (1955-64): struggle for power after Stalin's death; de-Stalinization; Peaceful Coexistence; domestic policies; economics & agriculture; foreign relations; Hungary, Berlin, Cuba, China
Brezhnev: domestic & foreign policies
USSR: political change--Gorbachev
Imperial Russia, Revolutions, Emergence of Soviet State 1853-1924
Alexander II (1855-81): emancipation of serfs; military, legal, educational & local reforms: later reaction
policies of Alexander III (1881-1894) and Nicholas II (1894-1917): backwardness & attempts at modernization; nature of tsardom; growth of opposition movements
Significance of Russo-Japanese War (1904-05); 1905 Revolution; Stolypin & Duma; impact of First World War
PAPER 1
Peacemaking, peacekeeping--international relations 1918-36
PAPER 2
Topic 1: Causes, Practices, Effects of Wars
Topic 3: Origins and development of authoritarian single-party states
Topic 5: The Cold War
PAPER 3 Aspects of the History of Europe & Middle East
European Diplomacy and First World War 1870-1923
Interwar Years: Conflict and Cooperation 1919-39
The Soviet Union & Eastern Europe 1924-2000
Imperial Russia, Revolutions, Emergence of Soviet State 1853-1924